Package-fastener.



w. J. MQPERRAN.

PACKAGE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED SE21. 6, 1912.

Patented Feb. 3, 1914.

Wm: assas WILLIAM J. MGFERRAN, OF HENRY, SOUTH DAKOTA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PACKAGE-FASTENER.

Patented Feb. 3,1914.

, Application filed September 6, 1912. Serial No. 718,890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. MoFER- RAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Henry, in the county of Godington and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for fastening cords around packages, and consists particularly in an improved form of device for holding the cords, the device including means of protection against similar cord holding devices upon other packages, where a plurality of packages held by my improvements are brought together.

To this end the invention consists in the features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is an isometric view of a package of envelops secured together with one form of my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a package of envelops secured together by a modified form of my device; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; and Fig. 4 is a plan view of the cord fastener shown in Fig. 2.

Referrin to the drawings, A represents the cord liolding frame integrally constructed of wire adapted to lie flat on top of a package B of envelops and forming a support for the tying cords 2 and 3. As shown the frame is formed with end bends 4 and 5 and side bends 6 and 7 the bends 4 and 6 forming supports for one end of each cord. Upon the inner side of the bends 5 and 7 are inwardly directed spring hooks 8, the wire frame alongside the ends of the hooks being formed with upward bends or humps 9. As shown in Fig. 3 the ends of the hooks 8 are preferably bent upward to facilitate the passing of the cord around the same.

In use, the frame will be placed upon one face of a package of-envelops, the cord 2 carried under and longitudinally of the package, the end of the cord being carried under the opposite book 8 as shown, and wedged between the hook and adjacent portion of the frame. The cord 3 is similarly carried transversely under the package and fastened around the opposite hook 8. The hooks 8 flare inwardly from the adjacent wire portion of the frame so that when the end of the cord is carried around thehook and upwardly between the hook and adjacent portion of the wire frame, it will wedge between the hook and wire frame asshown.

In Fig. 2 I show a modified form of my invention. In the form shown in Fig. 2 the frame is formed with an end bend 10, and side bends l1 and 12. The frame inside the side bends is formed with hooks 13 corresponding to the hooks 8 of the preferred construction, the wire frame alongside the ends of said hooks being formed with upward bends or humps 9. In the form shown in Fig. 2 one end of the cord 14 is fastened to the end of the bend 10 of the cord holding frame, thence carried under and lengthwise of the package, thence over the opposite end of the package and under the right hand hook 13, and thence transversely under the package over the opposite side thereof and fastened between the opposite hook 13 and frame. As shown, I preferably form the cord supporting end of the device with a loop 15, constructed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 or in any suitable manner, to prevent the cord slipping upon the frame.

In use, a plurality of the packages will ordinarily be secured together by the fastening means shown and placed in a pouch, and in such case the humps or bends in the wire alongside the ends of the hooks will prevent the hooks, strings, and edge of envelops or other packages catching and loosening the cords. The humps or bends also prevent the ends of the hooks catching in the ravelings ordinarily extending from the inner seams of the pouch.

A particular advantage is afforded by the preferred construction shown which allows the employment of two cords allowing the use of shorter strings and giving less chance of entanglement to the cords when placed on a file. Another particular advantage of the preferred construction shown is in the four bends extending substantially to the ends and sides of the package which results in keeping the package firm, a particular advantage where the packages are thin, and also results in keeping the package from curling or bending where the cords are pulled tight. The construction shown by reason of its shape also forms a convenient handle in the handling of the device.

I claim as my invention:

1. A cord fastening device of the class described comprising a wire frame bent to form longitudinally and laterally extending opposed bends, a portion of said bends forming cord supports and the remainder of said bends on their inner sides formed with inwardly extending cord holding hooks, said frame alongside the points of said hooks being formed with upwardly eX- tending humps or bends for the purpose set forth.

Fastening means for packages comprising a wire frame formed with bends, a portion of said bends forming a cord support and a portion of said bends being formed on their inner sides with inwardly extending cord holding hooks, and means projecting upwardly from said frame adjacent to the points of said hooks for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 20 in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. MoFER-RAN.

lVitnesses L. E. Foss, W. E. Norms.

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